24 Feb 1905
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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1905
Page
1
A brief note touts Palace Light as the town’s only pure Pennsylvania oil priced on par with western brands. The ad implies superior quality and invites customers to choose Palace Light for reliable oil.
East Mill Street will be open Saturday morning February 25th. Your patron age solicited.
Rushville reports include social calls and visits from Henley and Indianapolis, a found silver spoon, sales and real estate transfers, borrowed livestock and poultry notes, and a flood of ads. Notables include Mrs. J. Henley of Portland visiting, Miss Bertha Hill hosting, and J. Stock, a local horse buyer, passing away.
Tesla declares in Electrical World and Engineer that he designs an oscillator to drive a 100 million volt current through the earth delivering 1 billion horsepower. He also touts a telantomatic torpedo with far broader range than guns, directing remotely with precision. He forecasts a future plant to transmit 10,000 horsepower without wires and says governments could stop battleships with these devices.
Melba was arrived in Kansas City from St. Louis and rehearsed in her private car within the Alton railroad yards. Switchmen and yard workers voiced amusement at the grand opera intrusion, noting the noisy engines and the unexpected concert while Melba and Miss Parkinson rehearsed for a drawing room session.
Laura M. Cornelius Oneida girl resigns Sherman Indian School teaching post to enter Stanford Law. Aiming to be first Indian woman lawyer, she seeks to teach tribes their rights and advocate for her people in courts and at Washington.
Senator A. O. Bacon of Georgia presented the University of Georgia with a copy of the Jefferson Bible, a compilation of Jesus moral teachings by Thomas Jefferson. The book attracts much attention with many visitors to the university library.
A New York correspondent recounts how Captain Elbert Stannard of the Daniel Webster with Townsend Harris arranged the sale of the clipper to Japan, making it the empire's first warship. The piece notes earlier Perry treaty opens Japan and the Webster's role foreshadowing a navy, then a tangent on the peach belt expansion in American agriculture across southern states.
The London Chronicle notes fashion's odd turns with the cane, recalling antique Athens norms. A Detroit Tribune feature recounts a Russian refugee girl's plight on the road to Mukden, pleading for food and shelter as a soldier beheads a beard and the story shifts to a sweeping, brutal departure.
A reflective piece on lifelong dissatisfaction as people envy occupations and lives elsewhere. It argues happiness lies in developing one’s own abilities rather than longing for distant fields, noting the unseen bitterness behind others’ success and urging self-improvement over envy.
The Great Salt Lake buoyancy makes upright swimming nearly impossible and can lift a person like a dart. drowning is unlikely unless a body is forced below or weighted. Boats must sit deep to counter buoyancy, and swallowing lake water can cause choking. Several deaths have occurred from this cause.
A Fortingal yew in Perthshire and another at He’sor Bu elas are cited as ancient living markers, each growing about a tenth of an inch in girth annually. The oldest known living thing is a Chapultepec Cypress in Mexico, estimated at 6,260 years.
A Vienna critic recounts a humorous tale about the famed composer Schumann and his wife, a celebrated pianist. The couple once visited a palace where the king complimented the pianist on her playing and then asked the composer if he was musical, a line that amused observers.
The entire school will present patriotic exercises this afternoon Friday starting at 8 o'clock.
A night alarm recounts a frightening cough of croup that sounds like a death knell for children. The piece warns of rapid deterioration and the urgency of medical attention during nighttime breathing troubles.
Levi Weaver owns a well preserved old paper marked by age. It bears the seal of Gren Mogan Justie of Guilford County North Carolina. It proclaims Thomas Lester as a free man and a man against whom the magistrate knows no wrong. Dated January 15 1955 Lester was Levi Weaver's uncle.
Enos Coffin, a well known and respected citizen, seeks the Carthage postmaster position after a vacancy. He has gathered signatures from prominent citizens and business leaders, and his prospects look promising. Coffin is a staunch Republican believed to be the right choice for careful service.
The board of directors of the Equitable Building and Loan Association reports a shortage of between $20,000 and $21,000 after reviewing the books during a long liquidation. Secretary Gates Sexton denies any shortage and vows to oppose the findings. It is believed the current capital may pay only about 10 cents on the dollar.
At the L Hamiltons the sewing task was completed neatly and promptly by Mrs W L Blue.
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